Windmill-pump



(No Model.)

' G. M. BEARD.

. Windmill Pump.

No. 240,077. Patented April 12,1881.

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@WQQ m/ VW/MWQ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE M. BEARI), OF ANGOLA, INDIANA.

WINDMlLL-PUMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,077, dated April 12, 1881.

Application filed February 12, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. BEARD, of Angola, in the county of Steuben and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windmill-Pumps 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in windmill-pumps, and it is intended as an improvement upon the patent granted to me March-18, 1879, and bearing No. 213,314; and it consists in providing; the piston-rod with cogs, and pivoting upon the extension from the top of the cylinder two levers, both of which have their inner ends formed into segments and provided with cogs to mesh with the piston-rod, whereby, when the water is being pumped into the cylinder, the two levers are made to move in opposite directions, aswill be more fully described hereinafter.Y

The object of my invention is to obtain a quicker and more positive action, through the movement of the piston, both for throwing the wheel in and out of gear, and for forcing the water from the cylinder into the tank.

The accompanying drawing is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention, partly in section.

A represents the pump, which is operated by the windmill when iu operation, and which forces the water through the pipe O into the tank D, placed at any suitable distance from the well or the spring in which the pump is placed.

In the tank is placed apivoted lever, E, to the longer end of which is attached a float, F, which, when the water has reached a certain height, draws upon the longer end of the lever and causes its short end to c`lose the upper end of the pipe C, so that no more water can be forced into the tank.

Connected to the watenpipe C is the vertical cylinder G, into which the pump forces the water as soon as the water is cut oli' from the tank. The upper end of this cylinder may be left entirely open, as here shown, or provided with a head, as' may be preferred, and secured to the upper end of the cylinder by any suitable means is the guiding-frame H.

The rod I of the piston J has teeth formed upon its inner edge, and meshing with these teeth are the two segments of a circle, L and O. The upper segment, L, is made vsomewhat larger than the lower one, and secured to its side is the arm P, upon which is placed a movable weight, Q, so that the leverage ofthe segmentca'n be increased' or decreased at will. Also projecting outward from the lower and smaller segment is an arm, R, which has a movable sleeve, S, placed upon it. This arm extends outward in au opposite direction from the arm P, and always moves in exactly the opposite direction. The upper segment is provided with a weighted arm for the purpose of forcing the piston downward into the bottom of the cylinder as soon as thje water in the tank has fallen sufficiently low to allow the cut-off to open, and by thus forcing the piston downward all of the water that was in the piston is forced upward into the tankxand water-pipe. The lower segment has its arm connected, by a wire, c ord, or chan,.T, with any suitable clutch, collar, or

other mechanism for moving the wheel in or out of the wind, and thus cause it to start or stop the pump, according to the height of the water in the tank. The collar on this lever isaiiade adjustable back and forth upon the arm, so as to be adjusted to the distance it is necessary that the mechanism should move for the purpose of throwing the wheel in or out of gear or in or out ofthe wind.

When the water is being forced into the cylinder the piston rises upward, and the two segments are made to assume the positions shown in dotted lines. As the Weight on the upper arm is heavy enough to force the piston downward, at the same time that the water is being forced from the cylinder the arm attached to the lower segment is being raised upward, so as to allow the wheel either to swing into the wind or its mechanism to be moved by means of a spring or Weight, so as to cause the wheel to again operate the pump.

Having thus described my invention, I In testimony that I claim the foregoing I claiim have hereunto set my hand this 31st day of ro In a Windmill-pump, the combination ofthe January, 1881. cylinder the piston the piston-rod provided 5 with teeth, and the two segments provided GEORGE M' BEARD' with arlns, the parts being combined and ar- Witnesses.: ranged to opera-te substantially as shown and JESSE H. CARPENTER,

described. l W. H. TWICHELL. 

